“If you constantly talk just about your job, you're liable to be labeled a tech wonk or a finance wonk.”

“The foreign policy wonk was either bored or uncertain whether Lieberman knew what he was talking about.”

“As the brainchild of a Columbian attorney, a German scientist, and an American policy wonk, the project has a pretty interesting background.”

“The administration offered the nation economic self-interest, technical wonkery, and a smidgen from the pork barrel.”

“All the Valley guys put suits on to impress the wonks, and all the wonks would put khakis and knit shirts on to fit in with the Valley.”

“If you think you can work out a containment system where all the defense wonks have failed, have at it.”

“Only a small group of wonks is sufficiently familiar with the budget to recognize the significance of this level of spending.”